Walter Segers was born and raised in Belgium. He immigrated to Canada in 1993 and has since lived and worked in Toronto. Segers graduated with honours from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2008. He has exhibited his photo-based works in galleries including Spin Gallery, Gladstone Hotel, Gallery 1313, John B. Aird Gallery and recently in Prague, Czech Republic in Galerie AMU. Segers has received various awards and grants. He was awarded the M.C. McCain Post-Graduate Photography Residency Artist at OCAD University in 2009.